Hair holder



Aug. 6,

M. H. DOLGOFF HAIR HOLDER Filed Nov. 19, 1937 Patented Aug. 6, 1940 PATENT OFFICE HAIR HOLDER Marion Harrison Dolgoff, Bronx, N. Y., assignor of one-half to A. Yates Dcwell and one-half to Karl W. Flocks, both of Washington, D. 0.

Application November 1 6 Claims.

This invention relates to hairdressing and more particularly to a device for holdingthe hair in place in accordance with a particular desire of a hairdresser.

Previously in the art of hairdressing it has been necessary in the setting of a patrons hair for an operator to make use of a great number of hairpins. In the setting of ringlets four to six hairpins are generally necessary per ringlet. It is not unusual, in the arranging of a coifiure, for an operator to set as many as from fifty to seventy ringlets requiring from two hundred to three hundred hairpins in their setting. The use of such a large number of hairpins has been. found to require a relatively long period of time in their arrangement in the patrons hair which means that an operator can take care of only a very limited number of patrons over a given period which limits the revenue that may be derived from each booth in a hairdressing establishment.

Not only do the previous known methods affect the efficiency of a hairdressing establishment but the use of hairpins has been a source of annoyance to the patron in that so many hairpins are 1 required that the chance of pricking the scalp of the patron is increased, the weight of hairpins which must be carried by the coifiure is uncomfortable, the resulting coiffure is not as neat as it might be if a simpler means of setting the hair were used, for example a device in accordance with my invention, and finally the time required for the drying of the hair when it has been set with hairpins has been found to be materially lengthened than when the device of my invention is put into use.

It is an object of my invention to provide an apparatus for the setting of hair in a particular fashion.

It is a further object of my invention to provide a device suitable for the setting of a ringlet of hair.

The foregoing and other objects and advantages will become more apparent in view of the following description taken in conjunction with the drawing, wherein:

Fig. l is an enlarged View in perspective of a device in accordance with my invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, enlarged, of the form shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged top view of the device; and,

Fig. 4 is a View of the device applied to a ringlet of hair.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawing, the device generally comprises two legs 10 and II having 9, 1937, Serial No. 175,531

end portions Illa and I la, corrugated or wavelike sections I3 and M respectively, and a formed head section H. This head section II in the preferred form of my device is composed of three armlike portions l5, l6 and II respectively, each of said arms being generally U-shaped with the bottom or curved portions I8, l9 and 20 of the Us arranged so as to be slightly bent back upon themselves to form hooks for holding in place a ringlet of hair 2| to which the device may be applied as in Fig. 4.

In setting a ringlet in accordance with my invention the operator prepares saidringlet for set ting in the usual manner, generally curled close to the head. The device is then applied to the ringlet with the end portions Illa and Ila. entering the center 22 of the ringlet 2|. The device is then tilted in a manner similar to the slipping into the hair of any other type of pin until the head section H contacts the ringlet, and the arms l5, l6 and I7 and cooperating hook-like portions l8, l9 and 20 firmly grip and hold the ringlet in place. The device may have its head section H offset at 23 from the legs l and H whereby when said legs are slipped through the center 22 of the ringlet Zl, the head section will, be in a plane spaced from the plane of the legs l0 and Hto provide room. for the ringlet 2| whereby the ringlet may be set in a suitable and pleasing manner.

In practice the hairdresser or operator may utilize one of my devices for each ringlet, neatly setting each ringlet in predetermined fashion and in desired relationship to other ringlets in a particular coiffure. The operator may so insert my device that it, if desired, will lock with pins in other ringlets to more securely hold the coifi'ure in shape until it is set or dry. It has been found that this procedure materially shortens the time required for the operator to set a particular coiffure with the result that the coifiure is neater and more satisfactory. The coiffure sets in less time, requires less time to dry and the patron is more pleased; in that she has been subjected to less inconvenience and handling.

The device may take other forms than that shown in the drawing. For example, the arms l5, l6 and I! may be of different lengths, and may be asymmetrically arranged and they may project at odd angles from each other. It is conceivable that the device may be fabricated from a single piece of ribbon metal or other suitable material without departing from the invention. The device may be coated with lacquer or other desirable exterior coating or may be left unfinished.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawing and described in the specification but only as indicated by the appended claims.

I claim:

l. A hair holder formed from alength of wire comprising two hair entering legs each having corrugated sections to better grip the hair, a head section comprising three arm like extensions, said head section being ofiset from the plane of said legs, said arm like extensions being of substantially equal length and including a hair gripping portion at each of their ends whereby a ringlet of hair may be held in place while setting by inserting the legs through the center of said ringlet and applying the hair gripping portions to the ringlet to be set.

2. A hair holder formed in a manner to comprise a hair entering portion having a corrugated section to better grip the hair, a head piece comprising a plurality of arm like extensions, said head piece being offset from the plane of said hair entering section, said arm like extensions bein of a length to correspond to the design of the portion of hair to be set and including a hair gripping portion whereby the hair may be held in place in accordance with said design by inserting the hair entering portion through the hair in set position and applying the hair gripping portions to the hair to be set.

3. A hair holder formed in a manner to comprise a hair entering portion having a corrugated section to better grip the hair, a head piece comprising a plurality of arm like extensions, said arm like extensions being of a length to correspond to the design of the portion of hair to be set and including a hair gripping portion whereby the hair may be held in place in accordance with said design by inserting the hair entering portion through the hair in set position and applying the hair gripping portions to the hair to be set.

4. A hair holder formed in a manner to comprise a hair entering portion, a head piece comprising a plurality of arm like extensions, said arm like extensions being of a length to correspond to the design of the portion of hair to be set and including a hair gripping portion whereby the hair may be held in place in accordance with said design by inserting the hair entering portion through the hair in set position and applying the hair gripping portion to the hair to be set.

5'. A hairpin of the type described formed with a single piece of bent material, comprising an elongated U-shaped member having extended arms disposed in a substantially common plane, adapted to hold said pin in the users hair by engagement therewith, the closed end of said member being bent upwardly and back upon itself to define a hook element, a projecting side element formed in each of said arms extending outwardly from said U-shaped member, each of said side elements being U-shaped in form and bent upwardly near the end portion thereof whereby a hair loop and the like can be held by said hook element and said upwardly bent end portions of said side elements, and means for inhibiting disengagement of said pin from users hair.

6. A hairpin of the type described formed with a single piece of bent material, comprising an elongated U-shaped member having extended arms disposed in a substantially common plane, adapted to hold said pin in the users hair by engagement therewith, the closed end of said member being bent upwardly and back upon itself to define a hook element, a projecting side element formed in each of said arms extending outwardly from said U-shaped member, each of said side elements being U-shaped in form and bent upwardly near the end portion thereof whereby a hair loop and the like can be held by said hook element and said upwardly bent end portions of said side elements, and means for inhibiting disengagement of said pin from users hair comprising inwardly bent projections formed in said arms of said member disposed in the plane defined by said arms and positioned near the free ends thereof.

MARION HARRISON DOLGOFF'. 

